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Difference between correlation and Regression
Correlation |
Regression |
a) Refers how two variables are related. |
a) Refers how Y variable effects the x-variable. |
b) Variables moves together. |
b) Cause and effect. |
c) X and Y can be interchanged. |
c) X and Y can’t be interchanged. |
d) Data represented in single point. |
d) Data represented by line. |
e) Variable aren’t designated as dependent and independent. |
e) One variable is dependent and another is independent. |
f) Lies between -1 to +1. |
f) Only one regression coefficient can be greater than 1 or > 1. |
g) Independent of change of origin and scale. |
g) Dependent on scale. |
h) Correlation analysis has limited application. |
h) Regression analysis has wider application. |